On July 20th 1969 seconds after the Eagle crashed down onto the lunar surface, Neil Armstrong turned to his instrument panel and spoke the words “Contact Light”. Those were the first human words spoken on another world.

Fueled by a lifetime fascination with manned spaceflight and frustrated with Australia’s lack of a space program, I have developed my own DIY backyard space expedition agency. Contact Light chronicles my homemade journey into the unknown to document and recount a fictional cosmic odyssey.The solo exhibition serves as a nostalgic reflection to the many homemade cardboard spaceships and spacesuits of my childhood and a tribute to movies such as 2001: A Space Odyssey and Star Wars that fostered in me a lifelong fascination with space in both reality and fiction.